Iconic death metal legion, INCANTATION, will continue to raze stages throughout North America in support of their Dirges Of Elysium full-length. The latest bout of live assaults will begin on April 17th in Hempstead, New York at El Relax Lounge. The following day, INCANTATION will head to Worcester, Massachusetts to play this year’s edition of the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival at the Palladium. From there, the band will bring their audio malevolence to stages in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Syracuse and Buffalo. The onstage abrasions continue the following month when INCANTATION ravages their way through seven more cities before bringing their brutality to the Maryland Death Fest Pre-Party on May 20th in Baltimore. In June, INCANTATION will summon the dead at the Farmageddon Festival FOA in Vancouver and in August the band will take part in the Wolves Of Apocalypse Festival in Denver. The band’s latest bout of onstage obliteration follows their recent West Coast takeover and first ever performance in Hawaii this Winter with additional 2015 live devourement in the conspiring stages.

INCANTATION released Dirges Of Elysium last year via Listenable Records. Crowned, “one of the most influential death metal bands of all time,” by Metal Injection, who further elaborated of the record, “With all the evil-sounding riffs, squealing pinch-harmonics and crushing dirges scattered throughout, this is the sound that made INCANTATION legends. This is some profoundly dark and creepy stuff,” the record continues to raise the brows of death metallers old and new. Sputnik Music dubbed Dirges Of Elysium, “a breath of fresh air for INCANTATION, and another fine addition to their discography, ” Metal Forces gushed, “It’s all ungodly but all so bloody brilliant, and with ‘Charnel Grounds’ smoldering from the stench of char-coaled flesh and the blustering bluster of ‘Dominant Ethos’ dragging us into the mud-clogged shredder that is ‘Elysium (Eternity Is Nigh),’ I hold up my severed stumps in surrender for another harangue of hate from one of death metal’s most criminally underrated bands,” while Exclaim added, “INCANTATION preserve their archetypal ominous atmosphere, while the production gives the band a more modern edge, making Dirges Of Elysium a consistent yet fresh release from the influential band.”

Comments the band in a collective statement, “The response to the Dirges Of Elysium album and tour has just been amazing! We still have a lot of touring left to go for this release. We are looking forward to seeing all you deathbangers on the road!”

New INCANTATION developments will be announced in the weeks to come. In the meantime, visit the INCANTATION merch store at THIS LOCATION. And if you missed it, check out the band’s video for “Impalement Of Divinity” at THIS LOCATION.

Legendary death metallers INCANTATION have premiered a new video for “Impalement Of Divinity” at Decibel magazine’s website, HERE, reports Listenable Records. The video was created by Black Arts Media and was filmed at the Vermilion Haunted Schoolhouse / Terror In The Field in Vermilion, Ohio.

Says Incantation founder John McEntee, “For its notable aggression and speed, amidst the new album’s other tracks, we’ve chosen ‘Impalement of Divinity’! Bringing visual blasphemy to our most recent release, Dirges of Elysium, with commemorative 25th anniversary graphics throughout. Let this praise of the infernal be for all of you who made our path this quarter century such as it is.”

Bolt Thrower has announced the supporting acts for their upcoming European tour in September and October. Morgoth will serve as direct support, with three additional acts on board for selected shows.

The bands adds via a statement on boltthrower.com:“We’ve completed the line-up for the tour and we’ve got some killer bands joining us. We already have Morgoth on board, and now we can also announce Soulburn, Incantation and Vallenfyre will be joining us for selected shows!”

Death Metal veterans INCANTATION have announced, via their Official Webpage, that their long time guitarist Alex Bouks has left the band. Read below:

With a heavy heart we announce the resignation of our long time metal brother Alex Bouks. Over the last few years there have been some rough waters that we have all been navigating. A hiatus is more desired, thinking this is the best thing to do to save the magic that we have all worked together on.

With respect we wish only the best to Alex and his work outside the band. He is truly an amazing musician and we are happy to have worked with him.

According to Patricia Thomas Management, Norwegian Black Metallers RAGNAROK will hit the road in Europe next month when they embark on a European tour supporting US Death Metal legends INCANTATION. Both bands are veterans of the metal scene and will be touring with their latest albums – RAGNAROK with their seventh-full length “Malediction”, released on Agonia Records, and INCANTATION with their ninth full-length “Vanquish in Vengeance” which came out on Listenable Records. Billed as the Crusade of Vengeance Tour, routing for the sixteen-date tour is as follows:

With the band’s Twentieth Anniversary coming up next year, RAGNAROK was formed in 1994 by drummer Jontho and then-bassist Jerv. The band’s current lineup includes Jontho on drums, Hans Fyrst on vocals, DezeptiCunt on Bass and Bolverk on guitars. For this tour however, vocal duties will be taken on by NATTSOL frontman Venomenon, filling in for Hans Fyrst who has unavoidable commitments outside of music during this time.

The Neurotic Deathfest is the biggest indoor extreme metal festival in Europe. On May 3rd, 4th and 5th around 45 bands will play at the 10th anniversary edition of the festival, again held at the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

The band comments :“As we are still in the mists of the recording process for our 8th and latest studio full length, which will be release through longtime relationship with listenable Records. We will make the short run to play some of Europe’s most brutal festivals. We are honored to have been asked to play these amazing fests this year, we will be playing some new tracks from the upcoming new release later this year, as well as our classics. We just toured Brazil and the response for the new material was horns held high and an outbreak of death metal overload!!!

It has been brought to our attention interest in INCANTATION playing additional shows/fests in August, but unfortunately were not able to play any more euro festivals at this time. The aforementioned shows is all we have agreed to play. As we of course are disappointed not to be able to play every show asked , but, extremely happy to be playing the shows we are, and due to recording obligations and ( lack of) booking details that time restraints us from being able to play all of them. I would personally like to apologize to any organizers that might have been mislead into thinking we were playing, and thank all of you for the continues support of INCANTATION!!!!”